“E-cigarette” means any electronic oral device, such as one composed of a heating element, battery, and/or electronic circuit, which provides a vapor of nicotine or any other substance, and the use or inhalation of which simulates smoking. The term shall include any such device whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, or under any other product name or descriptor.

“Employee” means any person who is employed by any employer for compensation or works for an employer as a volunteer.

“Employer” means any person or business, including a municipal corporation or non-profit entity, who employs the services of one or more individual persons.

“Enclosed area” means all space between a floor and a ceiling that is bounded on at least two sides by walls, doorways or windows, whether open or closed. A wall includes any retractable divider, garage door or other physical barrier, whether temporary or permanent and whether or not containing openings of any kind.

“Health care facility” means a business, office or institution that provides care or treatment of diseases or disability, whether physical, mental or emotional.

“Place of employment” means an area under the control of a public or private employer including, but not limited to, work areas, private offices, hotel and motel rooms, employee lounges, restrooms, conference rooms, classrooms, cafeterias, hallways, and vehicles. A private residence is not a place of employment unless it is used as a child care, adult care, or health care facility on a fee-for-service basis; or is located within a hotel or motel.

“Public place” means any enclosed area to which the public is invited or into which the public is permitted, including, but not limited to, educational facilities, entertainment facilities, food and beverage service facilities, offices, temporary offices, hotels and motels, retail stores, and transportation facilities and vehicles accessible to the general public.

“Smoking” means inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco product or other plant material intended for inhalation in any manner or in any form. “Smoking” also includes the use of any e-cigarette which creates a vapor, in any manner or in any form, or the use of any oral smoking device for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of smoking in this chapter. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)

2. All enclosed areas that are places of employment including office buildings, hotels and motels, restaurants, bars, medical facilities, stores, and all other types of businesses or commercial enterprises.

3. All enclosed areas on properties, including buildings or vehicles, owned or controlled by the city of Palmer, including every room, chamber, place of meeting or public assembly under the control of the city of Palmer.

4. All areas within 20 feet of each entrance to enclosed areas on properties owned or controlled by the city of Palmer including every room, chamber, place of meeting or public assembly under the control of the city of Palmer.

5. All areas within 50 feet of each entrance to a hospital or medical clinic.

6. All outdoor playgrounds, playing fields, parks, arenas, stadiums, amphitheaters and public transit waiting areas except in designated smoking areas, which may be established only in perimeter areas at least 20 feet from playground equipment, bleachers, grandstands, seating areas and concession stands.

7. All areas within 10 feet of each entrance to enclosed areas at an establishment licensed under state law to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. When an establishment licensed under state law to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises includes an entrance to an outdoor area such as a patio or deck, the minimum reasonable distance under PMC 8.10.030 shall be 10 feet.

B. Smoking is prohibited on any property not listed in subsection (A) of this section, whether or not enclosed, if the owner, operator, manager, or other person having control of the property chooses to prohibit smoking.

C. This chapter shall not be interpreted or construed to regulate smoking on property owned or controlled by the federal or state government. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)

To ensure that smoke does not enter any enclosed area where smoking is prohibited by this chapter through entrances, windows, ventilation systems or any other means, smoking shall occur only at a reasonable distance outside any enclosed public place or place of employment where smoking is prohibited. Unless otherwise stated under this chapter, the minimum reasonable distance is 20 feet. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)

A. The owner, operator, manager or other person in control of a public place or place of employment where smoking is prohibited by this chapter shall clearly and conspicuously place at every entrance “No Smoking” signs or the international “No Smoking” symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a circle with a bar across it).

B. The owner, operator, manager or other person in control of every hospital and medical clinic to which this chapter applies shall post at every entrance a conspicuous sign clearly stating that smoking is prohibited within 50 feet of the entrance to the building and within the building.

C. Employers shall provide a smoke-free workplace, and neither an employer nor a person having legal control of the premises may permit an employee, customer or other person to smoke inside enclosed areas subject to the requirements of this chapter.

D. The owner, operator, manager or other person in control of any area where smoking is prohibited by this chapter shall remove all ashtrays from the area, except those ashtrays for sale and not intended for use on the premises.

E. If an owner, operator, manager or other person in control of any area where smoking is prohibited observes a person smoking in violation of this chapter, he or she shall direct the person to stop smoking. If the person does not stop smoking, the owner, operator, manager or other person in control of the area shall ask the person to leave the premises. If the person in violation refuses to leave, the owner, operator, manager or other person in control shall report the violation. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)

A. No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire, or in any other manner retaliate or discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment, or other individual because such employee, applicant for employment or individual reports a violation or otherwise insists upon compliance with any requirement of this chapter.

B. An employee who works in a setting where an employer allows smoking does not waive or otherwise surrender any legal rights the employee may have against the employer or any other party.

C. Notwithstanding PMC 8.10.080(B), a violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)

A. It is unlawful for any owner, operator, manager or other person in control of any area where smoking is prohibited under this chapter to fail to comply with any provisions of this chapter.

B. It is unlawful for any person to smoke in any area where smoking is prohibited by this chapter.

C. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation punishable by:

1. A fine not exceeding $100.00, plus any surcharge required to be imposed by AS 12.55.039, for a violation;

2. A fine not exceeding $200.00, plus any surcharge required to be imposed by AS 12.55.039, for a second violation within a 24-month period as measured from the date of the most recent prior violation; or

3. A fine not exceeding $300.00, plus any surcharge required to be imposed by AS 12.55.039, for a third or additional violations within a 24-month period as measured from the date of the most recent prior violation.

D. Each and every day that such violation continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation.

E. The city or a person aggrieved by a violation or threatened violation of this chapter may bring a civil action against a person who violates this chapter and may recover a civil penalty not to exceed $300.00 per violation. An action to enjoin a violation may be brought notwithstanding the availability of any other remedy. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)

A. Administration of this chapter shall be by the city manager or his or her designee(s). Any person who desires to register a complaint hereunder may initiate enforcement consideration with the city manager or his or her designee(s).

B. Prior to citing an owner, operator, manager or other person in control of any area where smoking is prohibited by this chapter for an initial violation, the city shall provide the owner, operator, manager or other person in control with a written warning. Thereafter, the owner, operator, manager or other person in control shall be subject to the penalties set forth in PMC 8.10.070. The written warning required by this subsection does not apply in the case of an individual person who unlawfully smokes in violation of PMC 8.10.070(B).

C. Notwithstanding the availability of any other remedy provided by the provisions of this chapter, the city manager or any person aggrieved by the failure of the owner, operator, manager or other person in control of any area where smoking is prohibited to comply with the provisions of this chapter may apply for injunctive relief to enforce these provisions in any court of competent jurisdiction. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)

This chapter shall not be interpreted or construed to permit smoking where it is otherwise restricted by other applicable laws or regulation. Where state law and the provisions of this chapter apply to the same area or activities, the more stringent provision creating a smoking prohibition shall apply. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)

If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)